Photo of the day

From Alan Taylor’s set of National Geographic photo contest submissions. This is an amazing, amazing set of photos.  I’d be happy to make virtually any one a photo of the day.  The fact that many of them were shot by amateurs (I presume, as it’s a photo contest) is even all the more impressive and makes me extremely jealous.  Here’s two of my favorites:

Lucky Bay: Beautiful Lucky Bay in Esperance, Western Australia, is home to many kangaroos. Not only is the turquoise water and white sand a sight to see but at sunset the kangaroos bounce their way across the sand looking for dinner.(© Mandy Wilson/National Geographic Photo Contest)

Charging Black Drongo: The Black Drongo selects a good perch near a water body, and takes off when an insect is sighted on the surface, skimming across the water and back to its perch. I spent almost 10 days (1 hr daily morning — sitting quietly and motionless) and on October 25, 2012, this was clicked. I was lucky to get this just before any skimming action started. I like the concentration level in its eyes, wing position and wide open mouth ready to catch the insect by surprise, and the same action in reflection.(© Vinayak Parmar/National Geographic Photo Contest)